Skirt-supporting belt and belt-holder



P. E. POST.

SKIRT SUPPORTING BELT AND BELT HOLDER. (Application filed Sept. 29, 1897.)

(No Model.)

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PETER E. POST, OF KINGSTON, NEW YORK.

SKIRT SUPPORTING BELT AND BELT HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 608,907, dated August 9, 1898.

Application filed September 29, 1897 Serial No. 653,532. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PETER E. Post, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kingston, in the county of Ulster and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Skirt- Supporting Belts and Belt-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has for its object to provide an efficient means for securely holding intheir proper positions a ladys skirt and outer belt and for preventing the slipping of either. This I accomplish by providing a belt separable from the skirt, the back part of which is made of stiff material, such as spring metal, and the front part of a flexible material, such as cloth or leather, which belt can be firmly fastened about the waist, the metal part bein g provided with means whereby the wearers skirt can be secured thereto, and also, when required, carrying a removable and adjustable belt-holder, as hereinafter described.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my belt and skirt-holder complete. Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1.

In the drawings, A represents a thin band of silver, steel, copper, or other suitable metal, preferably about an inch in width and six to eight inches in length and curved so as to approximately conform with the waistline. To each end of the metal band A is secured a band or strap B of any desired flexible material, adapted to be buckled, tied, or otherwise secured about the waist, so as to hold the whole firmly in place.

I provide perforations 0 in the band A between its edges and of such size that a hook secured to the dress-skirt may be engaged therewith in order that the skirt may be suspended from this belt." The number of these holes may be varied to suit the taste of the user and the character of the skirt to be suptight. Above these holes 0 are formed notches or perforations D, preferably semicircular in shape, also adapted to receive and hold the hooks on the skirt. By this arrangement a vertical adjustment of the skirt maybe effected by engaging the skirt-hooks either with the holes 0 or the notches D.

l A removable belt-holderE is attached to the middle of the band A. This belt-holder is adapted to engage with the outer belt, such as is usually worn with a shirt-waist, and hold it in proper position relative to the skirt, it consisting of a plate of metalE of suitable proportions, the upper edge of which is bent over, forming a hook F, adapted to engage with the upper edge of the belt. It is provided with a spring-tongue 6, having its free end bent to form a hook e, which is adapted to engage with the band and so hold the belt-holder or hook from vertical movement. The band A is provided with slots G, of such size that the plate E can pass through them and disposed near the opposite edges thereof,

and which constitute a transverse slideway' for the hook. The strip of metal g between the slots is bent so that the plate E can slide freely up and down between it and the edge strips 9 of the band. One or more small openings 9 are also provided in the strip 9 to receive the hook c of the tongue of the belt-holder.

. When it is desired that the belt-holder should be attached, the plate E is slipped through the slots G between the strips 9 and g and the hook 6 made to engage with such one of the openings G or g as may be desired to effect the proper vertical position of the belt-holder. This adj ustability is a desirable feature, as it enables the wearer to use a belt of any width and to raise and lower the same, so that its position relative to the skirt may be unchanged whatever the height to which the skirt may be adjusted.

The means shown whereby the outer belthook is secured to or connected with the belt operate to prevent the hook from moving in the direction of the length of the belt and around the waist of the wearer.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

the part A of the belt to hold .the belt-holder against accidental vertical movement, substantially as set forth.

The combination of a belt adapted to be secured about the Waist of the wearer provided with a stiff portion A, slotted as at G, and an outer belt-holder E comprising a hook F 5 adapted to engage such outer belt, a plate Witnesses:

adapted to slide in the said slotted part of the plate A, and a hook adapted to engage with PETER E. POST.

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